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hi, when i create a new password for a user it shows up in the /etc/passwd
file as :!: and the password is filtered through /etc/security/passwd when
it is referenced.  I would like to serve the password file over NIS but
when clients try to reference the '!', there is no corresponding entry in
/etc/security/passwd.

is there a way to get rid of the "!" and just have the encrypted password
show up in the /etc/passwd file?

or,

is there another way to go about this?    

thanks,

tom young

Mark E. Dawson, Jr.
Collective Technologies
Unix Systems Consultant

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> hi, when i create a new password for a user it shows up in the
/etc/passwd
> file as :!: and the password is filtered through /etc/security/passwd
when
> it is referenced.  I would like to serve the password file over NIS
but
> when clients try to reference the '!', there is no corresponding entry
in
> /etc/security/passwd.

> is there a way to get rid of the "!" and just have the encrypted
password
> show up in the /etc/passwd file?

> or,

> is there another way to go about this?

> thanks,

> tom young

: hi, when i create a new password for a user it shows up in the /etc/passwd
: file as :!: and the password is filtered through /etc/security/passwd when
: it is referenced.  I would like to serve the password file over NIS but
: when clients try to reference the '!', there is no corresponding entry in
: /etc/security/passwd.

: is there a way to get rid of the "!" and just have the encrypted password
: show up in the /etc/passwd file?

: or,

: is there another way to go about this?    

: thanks,

: tom young

What kind of system are you using for the NIS master?  /var/yp/Makefile on
an AIX system should be using mrgpwd (the full path varies with AIX level)
to merge the information from /etc/passwd and /etc/security/passwd into
what amounts to a temporary "standard" passwd file and the builds the NIS
maps from that.